Ahmadinejad Thanks Turkey for Support to Nuclear Program Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thanked Turkey for support to their nuclear program and hosting an international meeting last month in Istanbul. “Talks between Iran and P5+1 were successful for both sides and the Turkish government as well,” Ahmadinejad told a joint press...
IRAN LAUNCH HOME MADE SATELLITE BY LATE MARCH Iran announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch another home-made satellite called Fajr (Dawn) into space by late March 2011. “Based on our plans, the home-made Fajr satellite will be launched into space by the end of this (Iranian) year (ending on March 20),” Iranian Telecommunications...
An Iranian pro-government website says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired 14 advisers as part of an ongoing shake-up of his administration. The Sunday report from mashreghnews.ir says Ahmadinejad sacked the advisers a day earlier in an effort to help reduce the size of the government. The dismissals have not been confirmed by state media...
Iran is to halt the sale of subsidised petrol from late September as part of plans to phase out subsidies on energy products. ISNA news agency reported “Based on decisions taken, from the second half of this (Iranian) year (late September), the rationed petrol sales will be stopped,” said Mohammad Royanian, head of Iran’s...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanistan, the Mehr news agency reported Sunday. Ahmadinejad will start the one-day visit on Monday and confer with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on bilateral and international issues, the report said. Afghanistan is one of the few countries where Iran and its arch-foe the United States...